For those lacemakers who are also patchwork/quilters, an American who lives in Australia has started a Bushfire Quilt project to make quilts for people who have lost everything in the fires. She has her local quilt group ready to help make up the quilts; I suspect that the response she gets might be better than she hopes so perhaps other Australian quilt groups will help, too.
The address for her blog is http://campfollowerbags.blogspot.com/2009/02/bushfire-quilt-project.html and the address direct to the Flickr group with most of the details is http://www.flickr.com/groups/bushfirequiltproject/ She is asking for 12 1/2" quilt blocks (so when they are seamed together they will be 12" each), especially maverickstars, on a cream or white background. There is a tutorial for these on http://quiltville.com/maverickstars.shtml (except you need to start with 4 1/2" squares not 2 1/2" ones). However, people have offered patchwork fabrics from their stashes, other UFO 12 1/2" squares that they have already made but not got around to using, and someone even offered a couple of UFO quilt tops that need making up into finished quilts. Another American is sending the fabric for quilt backs. All this has been gratefully accepted. As we hope that there are no lace makers involved this time, I thought that perhaps if you have the time to make a block or two to send this would be a more personal way, instead or as well as financial donations, to help those people who have suffered in this disaster, which it is now thought is not entirely a natural one. Jacquie in Lincolnshire To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
